Lamentations 3:8

Lamentations chapter 3 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.

King James Version · 1611

Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

American Standard Version · 1901

Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.

v.7He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.

v.8This passage

v.9He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Job 19:7
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.
Lamentations 3:44
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
Psalms 80:4
O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Habakkuk 1:2
O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.
Psalms 22:2
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
Matthew 27:46
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?